Michael Lupica writes many kinds of things but perhaps his
best works are books for young people.
In The Game Changers he
features a boy’s football coach who was a former NFL quarterback, his son for
whom his father has the same dream and another boy who is smaller and appears a
less likely athlete to be the team’s quarterback. Yet this boy is actually the
better player. The coach must struggle with making the right choice. Lupica modeled his character on Hall of Fame
member and Heisman trophy winner Doug Flutie. Flutie, he said also seemed like
an unlikely athlete when he first came on the field at Boston College. But then
in an interview Lupica said something like this, “Success depends on the size
of your talent and the size of your heart.” Doesn’t that apply to all of
life? God doesn’t measure us by our
appearance or things we accomplish on our own. God measures our heart. Talent is important yet if our heart is God’s
measure of us, then it stands to reason this thing is the one thing that can
most bring life in abundance. I’m going
to try to be more intentional about growing a Godly heart. Will you join me?
Heavenly
God, you have instructed us to love you with all of our minds, heart, and
soul. Help us to grow a heart that can
love you and other better. We ask in the
name the one who came because of your great love for us. Amen.Have a blessed weekend!
Paige
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